diff --git a/rust/Makefile.am b/rust/Makefile.am
index 24df1a0b49..ccd7ea721f 100644
--- a/rust/Makefile.am
+++ b/rust/Makefile.am
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ if HAVE_BINDGEN
 		--allowlist-type 'AppLayerGetFileState' \
 		--allowlist-type 'AppLayerGetTxIterState' \
 		--allowlist-type 'AppLayerStateData' \
+		--allowlist-type 'AppLayerGetTxIterTuple' \
 		--allowlist-function 'SC.*' \
 		--allowlist-var 'SC.*' \
 		--opaque-type 'SCConfNode' \
diff --git a/rust/src/applayer.rs b/rust/src/applayer.rs
index 88f7c6c995..c1534347ee 100644
--- a/rust/src/applayer.rs
+++ b/rust/src/applayer.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ use suricata_sys::sys::{
     DetectEngineState, GenericVar,
 };
 
-pub use suricata_sys::sys::{AppLayerGetFileState, AppLayerStateData};
+pub use suricata_sys::sys::{AppLayerGetFileState, AppLayerStateData, AppLayerGetTxIterTuple};
 #[cfg(not(test))]
 use suricata_sys::sys::{
     SCAppLayerDecoderEventsFreeEvents, SCAppLayerDecoderEventsSetEventRaw, SCDetectEngineStateFree,
@@ -544,20 +544,18 @@ pub const _APP_LAYER_TX_INSPECTED_TS: u8 = BIT_U8!(2);
 pub const _APP_LAYER_TX_INSPECTED_TC: u8 = BIT_U8!(3);
 pub const APP_LAYER_TX_ACCEPT: u8 = BIT_U8!(4);
 
-#[repr(C)]
-pub struct AppLayerGetTxIterTuple {
-    tx_ptr: *mut std::os::raw::c_void,
-    tx_id: u64,
-    has_next: bool,
+pub trait AppLayerGetTxIterTupleRust {
+    fn with_values(tx_ptr: *mut std::os::raw::c_void, tx_id: u64, has_next: bool) -> Self;
+    fn not_found() -> Self;
 }
 
-impl AppLayerGetTxIterTuple {
-    pub fn with_values(tx_ptr: *mut std::os::raw::c_void, tx_id: u64, has_next: bool) -> AppLayerGetTxIterTuple {
+impl AppLayerGetTxIterTupleRust for AppLayerGetTxIterTuple {
+    fn with_values(tx_ptr: *mut std::os::raw::c_void, tx_id: u64, has_next: bool) -> AppLayerGetTxIterTuple {
         AppLayerGetTxIterTuple {
             tx_ptr, tx_id, has_next,
         }
     }
-    pub fn not_found() -> AppLayerGetTxIterTuple {
+    fn not_found() -> AppLayerGetTxIterTuple {
         AppLayerGetTxIterTuple {
             tx_ptr: std::ptr::null_mut(), tx_id: 0, has_next: false,
         }
diff --git a/rust/sys/src/sys.rs b/rust/sys/src/sys.rs
index ca3feb3436..9aa9a27a2c 100644
--- a/rust/sys/src/sys.rs
+++ b/rust/sys/src/sys.rs
@@ -1039,6 +1039,22 @@ impl Default for AppLayerGetTxIterState {
 pub struct AppLayerStateData {
     pub file_flags: u16,
 }
+#[repr(C)]
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct AppLayerGetTxIterTuple {
+    pub tx_ptr: *mut ::std::os::raw::c_void,
+    pub tx_id: u64,
+    pub has_next: bool,
+}
+impl Default for AppLayerGetTxIterTuple {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        let mut s = ::std::mem::MaybeUninit::<Self>::uninit();
+        unsafe {
+            ::std::ptr::write_bytes(s.as_mut_ptr(), 0, 1);
+            s.assume_init()
+        }
+    }
+}
 extern "C" {
     pub fn SCAppLayerParserReallocCtx(alproto: AppProto) -> ::std::os::raw::c_int;
 }
diff --git a/src/app-layer-parser.h b/src/app-layer-parser.h
index dc2d9662ee..9fb91ef1b3 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-parser.h
+++ b/src/app-layer-parser.h
@@ -141,6 +141,12 @@ typedef struct AppLayerStateData {
     uint16_t file_flags;
 } AppLayerStateData;
 
+typedef struct AppLayerGetTxIterTuple {
+    void *tx_ptr;
+    uint64_t tx_id;
+    bool has_next;
+} AppLayerGetTxIterTuple;
+
 /** \brief tx iterator prototype */
 typedef AppLayerGetTxIterTuple (*AppLayerGetTxIteratorFunc)
        (const uint8_t ipproto, const AppProto alproto,